"Figures of speech use words for more than their literal meaning. There are a number of different kinds of figures of speech, including hyperbole, understatement, personification, analogies, similes, and metaphors. Today, class, our focus is on the metaphor.
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things. The more familiar thing helps describe the less familiar one. Unlike their first cousins, similes, metaphors do not use the words like or as to make the comparison. “My heart is a singing bird” is an example of a metaphor."
We all know the old Refrain-
“The Rain in Spain falls Mainly on the Plain.”
And yet, Again, I must Explain -
There are many other words that end in Ain.
The guy in charge, or Boss, of a Ship - Captain.
Another lower ship’s Officer - Bos’n - Boatswain.
And yet another - Cox’n - Coxswain.
A Son of Adam, who slew Abel, was Cain.
Something that Repulses - we regard with Disdain.
To provide more information is to Explain.
To increase in stature, or other improvement - Gain.
The Past Perfect Tense of Lie, is - Lain.
The central point, or idea, is Main.
Author of “Common Sense” is Thomas Paine.
A four-line verse or song is a Quatrain.
That ‘wet stuff’ from the sky is Rain.
A blotch or spot on clothing is a Stain.
The topography of an area is the Terrain.
A large part of Russia is the Ukraine.
A song title is “You’re So Vain.”
Anesthetics or Pain-Killers: Cocaine -
Dentists use Novocain and Xylocaine.
Guys who are Balding use Rogaine.
Something Germane, or related, does necessarily Pertain.
A person who practices Jainism is a Jain.
Land or country in Hawaii is called Aina.
A contraction of ‘is not’ is Ain’t.
A Japanese language spoken in Hokkaido is Ainu.
To Bitch and Moan is to Complain.
An Internet location is a Domain.
A linking device is a Chain.
A Locomotive or ‘Choo-Choo’ is a Train.
Your Grey Matter is your Brain.
Sink water goes down the Drain.
A Camelot Knight was Sir Gawain.
To continue a situation or course is to Maintain.
A Cock-and-Bull Story
is Full of Cockamamie,
Not to mention VainGlory,
So, Lucy - That’s All I’ll ‘SPLAIN!
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Spain falls mainly on the Plane.
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